Instrument number CASA EX06/24
I, JOSEPH ANTHONY RULE, Acting Executive Manager, National Operations & Standards, a delegate of CASA, make this instrument under regulation 11.160 of the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998.
[Signed J. Rule]
Joe Rule
Acting Executive Manager, National Operations & Standards
29 January 2024
1 Name
This instrument is CASA EX06/24 – Amendment of CASA EX66/21 (Flight Instructors and Part 141 Operators – Flight Training for Certain Solo Cross‑country Flights) Instrument 2024.
This instrument commences on 1 February 2024.
3 Amendment of instrument CASA EX66/21
Schedule 1 amends CASA EX66/21 — Flight Crew Licensing (Miscellaneous Exemptions) Exemption 2021.
Schedule 1 Amendment
After Part 16
insert
Part 17 Flight training — Certain Solo Cross-country Flights
76 Definitions
Note In this Part, certain terms and expressions have the same meaning as they have in the Civil Aviation Act 1988 and the regulations. These include: cross-country flight, flight instructor, integrated training, Part 141 operator, solo and student pilot.
In this Part:
endorsement has the meaning given by regulation 61.010 of CASR.
77 Exemptions — private pilot licence, or commercial pilot licence, with the helicopter category rating
(1) Subject to subsection (2):
(a) a flight instructor is exempt from compliance with subregulation 61.1225 (4) of CASR to the extent that the provision requires a student to have completed the dual instrument time requirements stated in paragraph 61.1225 (4) (c) before the instructor approves the student to conduct a solo cross-country flight in a helicopter as a student pilot for the first time; and
(b) a Part 141 operator is exempt from compliance with subregulation 141.305 (1) of CASR to the extent that the provision requires a student pilot to have completed the dual instrument time requirements stated in paragraph 141.305 (3) (c) before conducting a solo cross-country flight in a helicopter for the first time as part of authorised Part 141 flight training with the operator.
(2) The exemptions in this section only apply if the student or student pilot (as the case may be):
(a) is receiving training, other than integrated training, for the grant of:
(i) a private pilot licence with the helicopter category rating; or
(ii) a commercial pilot licence with the helicopter category rating; and
(b) has completed the training in relation to the competency standards mentioned in element H6.4 – Land, take off and manoeuvre in a confined area in section 4 of Schedule 2 of the Part 61 Manual of Standards.
78 Exemptions — recreational navigation endorsement for a recreational pilot licence
(1) Subject to subsection (2):
(a) a flight instructor is exempt from compliance with subregulation 61.1225 (4) of CASR to the extent that the provision requires a student to have completed the dual instrument time requirements stated in paragraph 61.1225 (4) (c) before the instructor approves the student to conduct a solo cross-country flight as a student pilot for the first time; and
(b) a Part 141 operator is exempt from compliance with subregulation 141.305 (1) of CASR to the extent that the provision requires a student pilot to have completed the dual instrument time requirements stated in paragraph 141.305 (3) (c) before conducting a solo cross‑country flight for the first time as part of authorised Part 141 flight training with the operator; and
(c) a Part 141 operator is exempt from compliance with subregulation 141.305 (6) of CASR to the extent that the provision requires the holder of a pilot licence to have completed the dual instrument time requirements stated in paragraph 141.305 (6) (b) before conducting a solo cross‑country flight for the first time as part of flight training received from the operator.
(2) The exemptions in this section only apply if the student, student pilot or holder of a pilot licence (as the case may be):
(a) is receiving flight training for the grant of a recreational navigation endorsement for a recreational pilot licence with the helicopter category rating; and
(b) if the training is conducted in a helicopter — has completed the training in relation to the competency standards mentioned in element H6.4 – Land, take off and manoeuvre in a confined area in section 4 of Schedule 2 of the Part 61 Manual of Standards.